Following his semi-final win over Hubert Hurkacz in the Dubai Tennis Championships on Friday, world No. 7 Andrey Rublev, a Russian star, left a message on the camera.
“No War Please,” he wrote.
The 24-year-old received a large round of applause from the audience after he wrote the message.
The Russian tennis player admitted to receiving negative comments towards him this week due to the Russia-Ukraine military crisis. With the marker, Rublev made sure to write where he stood in regards to the conflict.
“In these moments you realize that my match is not important.